I agree that the Lakers in the Finals would more than likely put more fans in the seats but a Kings-Nets finals that year would have been exciting basketball to watch as both of those teams played team basketball. That Nets team definitely had their work cut out against the West Contender but they were exciting to watch because everyone on the team got involved. Same with the Kings and their high powered offense. But only true basketball fans would really see that.

Korea vs Italy and Korea vs Spain, World Cup 2002.think about doing those one. I’d watch that
But I would understand if u guys don’t cover and make a video on it as there is little information about what Fifa did to favour Korea

Funny how Everything Ryan says about the Lakers-Kings game like "Lakers were so much better" is the same things you could say about The Patriots-Colts AFC CG (the pats WERE so much better) yet he's so unreasonable and biased when it comes to Brady smh

recommendation for sports conspiracies:
PRIDE Fighting Championship's connection with the yakuza, and the time a PRIDE official pointed a gun at Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic and his manager. Short backstory: PRIDE never gave him a contract until the day of the fight, and when he was Mirko was offered an incredibly unfavorable contract and was pressured to fight without any contract. Mirko objected, and during his decision to leave the whole gun thing happened.

This was probably the worst officiated game I've ever seen. I also believe Donaghy was probably making educated guesses and presumptions, and did not have inside knowledge of the game actually being fixed, just a probably bias from the referees to keep the game close, keep the Lakers in it, and extend the series due perceived pressure from the league for revenue reasons.
Having said that, Donaghy also noted on 60 Minutes that he passed two lie detector tests, one independent, one by the FBI, and that the FBI had no reason to believe he lied to them once he was caught.

Kobe Bryant used a traditional swim move on Mike Bibby... A traditional NFL football move used by defensive lineman to get around the offensive line and get to the Quarterback. not a traditional basketball move. OFFENSIVE FOUL!

If you don't think that the refs are biased/ have preconceived agenda oriented, listen to the players. If an official tells a player that they haven't been in the league long enough to get a call, or, that a player is a star, so they get a call, then, it's rigged. Officials are judges. They take no sides. An infraction is an infraction, regardless of who commits it. Call it the same, or don't call it at all. No matter who it is.

The NBA is by far the most predictable sport of the 4 major leagues it wouldn't be hard for someone who knows basketball to have a high win percentage when gambling on games. Add that the guy is working for the league and the insider information the batting average gets close to 1.000 pretty easily